BMW K1600GTL Owner's manual

Rider's Manual

K 1600 GTL

BMW Motorrad

The Ultimate

Riding Machine

Vehicle data/dealership details

Vehicle data

Model

Vehicle Identification Number

Colour code

Date of first registration

Registration number

Dealership details

Person to contact in Service department

Ms/Mr

Phone number

Dealership address/phone number (com-

pany stamp)

Welcome to BMW

We congratulate you on

your choice of a vehicle from

BMW Motorrad and welcome

you to the community of BMW

riders. Familiarise yourself with

your new vehicle so that you can

ride it safely and confidently in all

traffic situations.

About this Rider's Manual

Please read this Rider's Manual

carefully before starting to use

your new BMW. It contains im-

portant information on how to

operate the controls and how to

make the best possible use of all

your BMW's technical features.

In addition, it contains informa-

tion on maintenance and care to

help you maintain your vehicle's

reliability and safety, as well as its

value.

Suggestions and criticism

If you have questions concerning

your motorcycle, your authorised

BMW Motorrad dealer will gladly

provide advice and assistance.

We hope you will enjoy riding

your BMW and that all your jour-

neys will be pleasant and safe

BMW Motorrad.

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Table of Contents

1 General instructions . ... 5

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Abbreviations and

symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Actuality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 General views ........ . . . . 9

General view, left side . . . . . . . 11

General view, right side . . . . . 13

Multifunction switch, left . . . . 14

Multifunction switch,

right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Underneath the seat . . . . . . . . 17

Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

3 Status indicators . . . . . . . 19

Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 20

Meaning of symbols . . . . . . . . . 21

Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Ambient temperature. . . . . . . . 23

Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Service-due indicator . . . . . . . . 24

Warning and telltale

lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Warning and telltale

lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

4 Operation. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . 47

Ignition switch/steering

lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Ignition with Key-

less Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Multifunction display . . . . . . . . 55

On-board computer . . . . . . . . . 59

Trip meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Daytime riding light . . . . . . . . . . 61

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Turn indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Hazard warning flashers . . . . . 66

Emergency off switch (kill

switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Grip heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Dynamic Traction Control

DTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Riding mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Slipstream deflector . . . . . . . . . 73

Cruise-control system . . . . . . . 73

Hill Start Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Stowage compartments . . . . . 76

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Shift mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Spring preload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Damping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Electronic Suspension Ad-

justment ESA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Anti-theft alarm (DWA) . . . . . . 85

Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

5 Riding .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 92

Starting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Parking your motorcycle . . . . 99

Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Securing motorcycle for

transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

6 Engineering

details .. . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Riding mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Hill Start Control . . . . . . . . . . 109

Brake system with

BMW Motorrad Integral

ABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Electronic engine manage-

ment with BMW Motorrad

DTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Tyre pressure monitoring

RDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Electronic Suspension Ad-

justment ESA II . . . . . . . . . . . 115

7 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . 117

General instructions . . . . . . . 118

Power sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Navigation device . . . . . . . . . 119

Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Topcase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

8 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 129

General instructions . . . . . . . 130

Toolkit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Rims and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Front-wheel stand . . . . . . . . . 145

Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

9 Care . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 157

Care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . 158

Cleaning easily damaged

components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Paint care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Laying up the motor-

cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Protective wax coating . . . . 160

Restoring motorcycle to

use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

10 Technical data . . . . . . 161

Troubleshooting chart . . . . . 162

Threaded fasteners . . . . . . . 163

Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Rear-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . 167

Running gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . 168

Electrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Anti-theft alarm. . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Riding specifications . . . . . . 174

11 Service . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 175

BMW Motorrad Service . . . 176

BMW Motorrad Mobility

services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Maintenance work . . . . . . . . . 176

Maintenance schedule . . . . 179

Standard BMW service . . . . 180

Confirmation of mainten-

ance work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Confirmation of service . . . . 186

12 Appendix ... . . . . . . . . . . 189

Certificate for electronic

immobiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Certificate for remote con-

trol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Certificate for Key-

less Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Certificate for tyre pressure

monitoring (Reifendruck-

Control, RDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

13 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . 199

General instructions

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Abbreviations and symbols . . . . . . . . . . 6

Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Actuality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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General instructions

Overview

Chapter 2 of this Rider's Manual

will provide you with an initial

overview of your motorcycle. All

maintenance and repair work on

the motorcycle is documented in

Chapter 11. This record of the

maintenance work you have had

performed on your motorcycle is

a precondition for generous treat-

ment of goodwill claims.

When the time comes to sell

your BMW, please remember

to hand over this Rider's Manual;

it is an important part of the mo-

torcycle.

Abbreviations and

symbols

CAUTION Low-risk hazard.

Non-avoidance can lead to

slight or moderate injury.

WARNING Medium-risk

hazard. Non-avoidance can

lead to fatal or severe injury.

DANGER High-risk haz-

ard. Non-avoidance leads

to fatal or severe injury.

ATTENTION Special

notes and precautionary

measures. Non-compliance can

lead to damage to the vehicle or

accessory and, consequently, to

voiding of the warranty.

NOTICE Specific instruc-

tions on how to operate,

control, adjust or look after items

of equipment on the vehicle.

Indicates the end of an

item of information.

Instruction.

Result of an activity.

Reference to a page with

more detailed informa-

tion.

Indicates the end of a

passage relating to spe-

cific accessories or items

of equipment.

Tightening torque.

Technical data.

OE Optional extras.

The vehicles are as-

sembled complete with

all the BMW Motorrad

optional extras originally

ordered.

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General instructions

OA Optional accessories.

You can obtain

BMW Motorrad

optional accessories

through your authorised

BMW Motorrad dealer;

optional accessories

have to be retrofitted to

the vehicle.

EWS

Electronic immobiliser.

DWA

Anti-theft alarm (Dieb-

stahlwarnanlage).

ABS

Anti-lock brake system.

DTC Dynamic Traction Con-

trol.

ESA Electronic Suspension

Adjustment.

RDC

Tyre pressure monitor-

ing.

Equipment

When you ordered your BMW

motorcycle, you chose various

items of custom equipment.

This Rider's Manual describes

optional extras (OE) offered by

BMW and selected optional ac-

cessories (OA). This explains why

the manual may also contain de-

scriptions of equipment which

you have not ordered. Please

note, too, that your motorcycle

might not be exactly as illus-

trated in this manual on account

of country-specific differences.

If your BMW was supplied with

equipment not described in

this Rider's Manual, you will

find these features described in

separate manuals.

Technical data

All dimensions, weights and

power ratings stated in the

Rider's Manual are quoted to the

standards and comply with the

tolerance requirements of the

Deutsches Institut für Normung

e.V. (DIN). Versions for individual

countries may differ.

Actuality

The high safety and quality

standards of BMW motorcycles

are maintained by constant

development work on designs,

equipment and accessories.

Because of this, your motorcycle

may differ from the information

supplied in the Rider's Manual.

Nor can BMW Motorrad entirely

rule out errors and omissions.

We hope you will appreciate that

no claims can be entertained on

the basis of the data, illustrations

or descriptions in this manual.

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General instructions

General views

General view, left side. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

General view, right side . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Multifunction switch, left . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Multifunction switch, right . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Underneath the seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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General views

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General views

General view, left side

1 Clutch-fluid reservoir

( 137)

2 Fuel filler neck ( 101)

3 Operating panel for the

audio system (see separate

user guide)

4 Seat lock ( 71)

5 Control for rear-seat heat-

ing (on the seat) ( 68)

6 Payload table

Table of tyre pressures

7 Adjuster, spring preload

( 78)

8 Adjuster for damping char-

acteristic ( 79)

9 Stowage compartment

( 76)

10 Adjustable shift lever

( 78)

11 Slipstream deflector

( 73)

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General views

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General views

General view, right side

1 Vehicle Identification Num-

ber (above the engine oil

filler neck)

2 Power socket ( 118)

3 Brake-fluid reservoir, front

( 134)

4 Coolant level indicator (be-

hind side panel) ( 136)

5 Type plate (on front

suspension)

6 Slipstream deflector

( 73)

7 Engine-oil filler neck and

oil dipstick ( 130)

8 Stowage compartment of

the audio system ( 76)

9 Brake-fluid reservoir, rear

( 135)

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General views

Multifunction switch,

left

1 High-beam headlight and

headlight flasher ( 63)

2 with daytime running

light

OE

Daytime riding light

( 61)

3 Cruise control system con-

trol ( 73)

4 Hazard warning flashers

( 66)

5 with LED auxiliary head-

lights

OE

or

with LED auxiliary head-

lights

OA

Operation of the auxiliary

headlights ( 64)

6 Windscreen control

( 72)

7 Operation of the turn indic-

ators ( 65)

8 Horn

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General views

9 Multi-controller and MENU

button

Operation of the multifunc-

tion display ( 55)

Operation of the audio sys-

tem (see the appropriate

operating instructions)

Control for DTC ( 69)

with Electronic

Suspension Adjustment

(ESA)

OE

Operating ESA ( 80)

10 Selecting favourite menu

( 58)

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General views

Multifunction switch,

right

1 with central locking sys-

tem

OE

Operation of the central

locking system ( 81)

2 Selection of the ride mode

( 70)

3 Emergency off switch (kill

switch) ( 66)

4 Starting engine ( 94)

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z

General views

Underneath the seat

1 Rider's Manual

2 Fuses ( 154)

3 Battery ( 151)

4 Standard toolkit ( 130)

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General views

Instrument panel

1 Speedometer

2 Release for navigation slot

3 Warning and telltale lights

( 26)

4 with navigation system

OA

Navigation device ( 119)

5 Photo-electric cell (for ad-

apting the brightness of

the instrument lighting)

6 Rev. counter

7 Multifunction display

( 20)

NOTICE

The brightness of the warning

lights and telltale lights, the

display and the instrument

needle and gauge lighting is

adapted automatically to suit

ambient brightness.

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General views

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